Vehicles were top polluters in Delhi during Diwali week: CSE
Delhi has 14 million registered vehicles and an annual addition of 0.5 million vehicles a year
What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? An expert explains
The onset and intensification of lithium-ion battery fires can be traced to multiple causes, including user behaviour, such as improper charging …
Smaller EVs are key to save critical minerals: Study
By making smaller electric vehicles that are powered by small batteries, Europe can curb consumption of critical metals by up to 49% by 2050
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension
Bolivia has yet to become a major player in the global lithium market, but this may change soon
Electric vehicles have a dark side too: Blood batteries and child labour
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country that is among the poorest on the planet, is paying a heavy price for the global green energy …
Niti Aayog’s battery swapping policy provides direction, but lacks a constructive roadmap
But, in time, there can be further amendments. With the suggested level playing field and options for setting up an interoperable EV ecosystem …
Delhi-NCR cab strike: Are electric vehicles the answer to increasing fuel prices
With technology, mobility is more than service. It behaves as a market commodity that strives on customer satisfaction. And if a mobility service …
Farm to Facebook: India’s catch-up evolution in techno-policy landscape
India needs to work out problems in old policies and develop new ones that ensure a rapid tectonic shift in India’s technological future
As told to Parliament (July 26, 2021): Some 418 electric vehicle charging points set up across India
All that was discussed in the House through the day
US’ new climate bill: The good, the bad and the fossil-addicted
The Inflation Reduction Act represents long overdue climate action by the world’s biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases
Cleaning Patna’s air: Municipal corporation to replace diesel-run vehicles with CNG and electricity
Patna’s air quality index has become ‘very poor’ in recent years
Lithium titanate battery technology a boon to the energy storage market
The growth in energy storage technologies is one of the key core areas to promoting clean energy generation
Battery recycling is essential for India’s critical minerals security
India needs benchmarked practice of collection, segregation, testing for second-use potential, disassembly & recycling to make most of spent …
Clean energy: How AI can help spot the copper we need
A supply crunch may be on the horizon; artificial intelligence can help discover copper deposits formed along ancient mountain ranges over past …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Parliamentary Digest (August 2, 2022): Less wheat harvested than expected due to heatwaves
As told to Parliament (February 2, 2024): Rs 2.81 lakh crore transferred to 110 million farmers so far under PM-Kisan
How is Southeast Asia’s charge to EVs going?
Who’s leading the race to develop electric vehicles in Southeast Asia? The answer is complicated.
Battery electric vehicles might beat hydrogen fuel in a cost-benefit analysis, at least for now
Currently in India, battery electric vehicles are more viable than green hydrogen & biofuels. But that may change as technologies are scaled up
Public-private partnership: Way forward for India's critical minerals value chain?
India needs to gear up by setting up joint ventures with the global OEMs and mining companies to make its lithium value chain resilient and …
The end of the internal-combustion car: Why competition is vital to bringing about cleaner transport
Political back-and-forths bring up whether Europe is making any progress with the green transition
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2020)
As told to Parliament (August 8, 2023): Central Electricity Authority suggests not retiring coal power plants before 2030
Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why
Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say
Climate crisis: Expect more extreme heatwaves in near future
India witnessed a concurrent increase in meteorological droughts and heatwaves in various parts of the country over the last 60 years